“There has never yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.”

“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”

“Never question the power of one! Throughout history it has been the actions of only one person who has in inspired the movement of change.”

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”

“There are persons who can speak no more, whose very names have vanished. Yet a name excised from the verge where it once lived still casts its sound on all who sleep there and enters their throats.”

“The road to happiness has never been a straight one, and yet, it is the only road worth travelling, no matter how curvy or rocky it is!”